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> Hi,
>
> I took the risk of buying a Siemens SX353 ISDN phone from Germany in the
> hope it would work on ISDN2e, but it seems not - and there was me thinking
> the e in ISDN2e was for a European standard!? Ages ago I bought a
> Euracom P4 ISDN phone and that *did* work!
>
> Are the UK/German ISDN standards totally incompatible. I have spoken to
> Siemens and they think it wont work, but you are all very clever round
> here so I thought Id ask before I go to plan B!
>
> Thanks

> Are the UK/German ISDN standards totally incompatible. I have spoken to
> Siemens and they think it wont work, but you are all very clever round
> here so I thought Id ask before I go to plan B!

> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:34:53 +0100, linker3000 wrote:
>
>> Are the UK/German ISDN standards totally incompatible. I have spoken to
>> Siemens and they think it wont work, but you are all very clever round
>> here so I thought Id ask before I go to plan B!
>
> Is the line Point-to-Point or Point-to-Multipoint? ICBW, but I think this
> has a bearing on what type of device you can connect to the line [ie
> terminals or PBXes].
>

> alexd wrote:
>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:34:53 +0100, linker3000 wrote:
>>
>>> Are the UK/German ISDN standards totally incompatible. I have spoken to
>>> Siemens and they think it wont work, but you are all very clever round
>>> here so I thought Id ask before I go to plan B!
>>
>> Is the line Point-to-Point or Point-to-Multipoint? ICBW, but I think this
>> has a bearing on what type of device you can connect to the line [ie
>> terminals or PBXes].
>>
>
> Hmm - how could I tell?

>
> The ISDN currently goes into a Siemens Hipath but since the rental company
> want Ł4.5K for the next 5 years and the site only has 2 lines and 4
> extensions I told them to come collect it as its seriously over-specced.
>
> If the 2e not in the right mode can it be changed at the exchange or via a
> BT bod hitting a button on a screen?

> linker3000 laid this down on his screen :
>> alexd wrote:
>>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:34:53 +0100, linker3000 wrote:
>>>
>>>> Are the UK/German ISDN standards totally incompatible. I have spoken to
>>>> Siemens and they think it wont work, but you are all very clever round
>>>> here so I thought Id ask before I go to plan B!
>>>
>>> Is the line Point-to-Point or Point-to-Multipoint? ICBW, but I think
>>> this has a bearing on what type of device you can connect to the line
>>> [ie terminals or PBXes].
>>
>> Hmm - how could I tell?
>
> If you currently have a block DDIs, its set to point-to-point
>
> The SP should be able to tell you.
>
>>
>> The ISDN currently goes into a Siemens Hipath but since the rental
>> company want Ł4.5K for the next 5 years and the site only has 2 lines and
>> 4 extensions I told them to come collect it as its seriously
>> over-specced.
>>
>> If the 2e not in the right mode can it be changed at the exchange or
>> via a BT bod hitting a button on a screen?
>
> It certainly requires a change order to be raised. Not sure of the
> standard lead time.

> Jono wrote in message
> news:mn.cd2c7d865d28597f.88534@blueyonder.invalid...
>> linker3000 laid this down on his screen :
>>> alexd wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:34:53 +0100, linker3000 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Are the UK/German ISDN standards totally incompatible. I have spoken to
>>>>> Siemens and they think it wont work, but you are all very clever round
>>>>> here so I thought Id ask before I go to plan B!
>>>> Is the line Point-to-Point or Point-to-Multipoint? ICBW, but I think
>>>> this has a bearing on what type of device you can connect to the line
>>>> [ie terminals or PBXes].
>>> Hmm - how could I tell?
>> If you currently have a block DDIs, its set to point-to-point
>>
>> The SP should be able to tell you.
>>
>>> The ISDN currently goes into a Siemens Hipath but since the rental
>>> company want Ł4.5K for the next 5 years and the site only has 2 lines and
>>> 4 extensions I told them to come collect it as its seriously
>>> over-specced.
>>>
>>> If the 2e not in the right mode can it be changed at the exchange or
>>> via a BT bod hitting a button on a screen?
>> It certainly requires a change order to be raised. Not sure of the
>> standard lead time.
>
> Looks like things have changed in the 10 years since I was involved.
> If you knew the right number to call, you could get parameters changed
> almost instantly, PP/PMP, CLIP, MSM significant digits, etc etc
> DASS2 circuits would park themselves if you as much as looked
> at them IIRC, you needed a means of getting them reset PDQ
>